CST Insider - October 2013

Cyrano de Bergerac Charms Audience and Critics Alike

Video: Harry Groener on bringing Cyrano to life

About Harry Groener
Harry Groener returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, where he appeared in the title role of The Madness of George III (Jeff Award). Recent credits include: General William Tecumseh Sherman in The March (Steppenwolf Theater); Presidents Lincoln and LBJ in Appomattox by Christopher Hampton (Guthrie Theater); King Lear in King Lear (Antaeus Company, Los Angeles); and Richard in Equivocation (Ovation Award, Geffen Theatre). Broadway credits include: Crazy for You (Tony Award nomination); Oklahoma! (Theatre World Award, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations); CATS (Tony Award nomination); Harriganand Hart (Drama Desk Award nomination); Oh, Brother!; IsThere Life After High School?; Sleight of Hand; George in Sunday in the Park with George; Imaginary Friends; and King Arthur in Spamalot. Other New York credits include Twelve Dreams (Lincoln Center) and If Love Were All with Twiggy. Mr. Groener has over sixty television credits, including: the Mayor in Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Ralph in DearJohn; Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager and Enterprise; Medium; Bones; Las Vegas; CSI; Mad About You; and The WestWing. Film credits include: About Schmidt, Road to Perdition, Amistad, Dance with Me, Patch Adams, Brubaker and Manna from Heaven. Mr. Groener is an associate artist at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.